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''[[Aspidistra elatior]]'' ("cast-iron plant") is a popular [[foliage]] houseplant, grown for its ability to survive neglect and very shady indoor conditions. Several other species and cultivars are also in cultivation.
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Aspidistra (Greek, a small, round shield; referring, probably, to the shape of the stigma). Liliaceae. A popular florists' plant, grown for its stiff, shining, beautiful foliage, which is sometimes striped.
 
Aspidistra (Greek, a small, round shield; referring, probably, to the shape of the stigma). Liliaceae. A popular florists' plant, grown for its stiff, shining, beautiful foliage, which is sometimes striped.
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A. typica, Baill. Rootstock creeping: Lvs. elliptic-lanceolate, long-petioled, about 7-nerved: fls. greenish or whitish, speckled with red, purple inside, trimerous. China.  
 
A. typica, Baill. Rootstock creeping: Lvs. elliptic-lanceolate, long-petioled, about 7-nerved: fls. greenish or whitish, speckled with red, purple inside, trimerous. China.  
 
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==Species==
 
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* ''Aspidistra acetabuliformis'' <small>Y. Wan & C. C. Huang. Acta Phytotax. Sin., 25(5): 396 (1987).</small>  Distribution: China (Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra alata'' <small>Tillich. Blumea 52 (2): 336 (2007).</small> Distribution: Vietnam (Cao Bang)
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* ''Aspidistra alternativa'' <small>D. Fang & L. Y. Yu.  Acta Phytotax. Sin. 40(2): 161 (2002).</small>  Distribution: China (Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra arnautovii'' <small>Tillich.  Feddes Repert. 116(5-6): 314 (316, 335-336; fig. 1b-d). (2005).</small>  Distribution: Vietnam (Hai Phong)
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* ''Aspidistra atroviolacea'' <small>Tillich.  Feddes Repert. 116(5-6): 317 (335-336; fig. 1i). (2005).</small> Distribution: Vietnam (Thua Thien)
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* ''Aspidistra attenuata'' <small>Hayata.  Ic. Pl. Formosan. 2. 145 (1912).</small>  Distribution: Taiwan
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* ''Aspidistra austrosinensis'' <small>Y. Wan & C .C. Huang.  Guihaia, 7(3): 221 (1987).</small>  Distribution: China (Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra bicolor'' <small>Tillich.  Feddes Repert. 116(5-6): 317 (335-337; figs. 1g, 2a-b). (2005).</small>  Distribution: Vietnam (Thai Nguyen)
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* ''Aspidistra bogneri'' <small>Tillich.  Feddes Repert. 116(5-6): 317 (-318, 335-336; fig. 1e-f). (2005).</small>  Distribution: Vietnam (Ninh Binh)
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* ''Aspidistra brachystyla'' <small>L. V. Averyanov & H.-J. Tillich, Feddes Repertorium 119 (1 - 2): 37 (2008).</small>  Distribution: Vietnam
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* ''Aspidistra campanulata'' <small>Tillich. Blumea 52 (2): 337 (2007).</small> Vietnam (Tuyen Quang)
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* ''Aspidistra caespitosa'' <small>C. P'ei.  Contrib. Biol. Lab. Sc. Soc. China, Bot. Ser., 12. 101, fig. 4. (1939).</small>  Distribution: China (Sichuan)
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* ''Aspidistra carinata'' <small>Y. Wan & X. H. Lu.  Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin, 9(2): 97, fig. 1. (1989).</small>  Distribution: China (N Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra carnosa'' <small>Tillich.  Feddes Repert. 116(5-6): 318 (335, 338; fig. 3h). (2005).</small>  Distribution: Vietnam (Lam Dong)
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* ''Aspidistra cavicola'' <small>D. Fang & K. C. Yen.  Acta Phytotax. Sin., 31(2): 180, fig. 1. (1993).</small>  Distribution: China (NW Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra cerina'' <small>G. Z. Li & S. C. Tang.  Guihaia 22(4): 289, fig. 1. (2002). </small>  Distribution: China (Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra claviformis'' <small>Y. Wan.  Bull. Bot. Res. North-East. Forest. Inst., 4(4): 166 (1984).</small> Distribution: China (W Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra connata'' <small>Tillich.  Feddes Repert. 116(5-6): 318 (-319, 335, 337; fig. 2c-d). (2005).</small> Distribution: Vietnam (Gialai-Kontum)
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* ''Aspidistra cruciformis'' <small>Y. Wan & X. H. Lu.  Guihaia, 7(3): 217, fig. 1. (1987).</small>  Distribution: China (NW Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra cryptantha'' <small>Tillich. Blumea 52 (2): 338 (2007).</small> Vietnam (Cao Bang)
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* ''Aspidistra cyathiflora'' <small>Y. Wan & C. C. Huang.  Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin. 9(2): 100, fig. 3. (1989).</small>  Distribution: China (Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra daibuensis'' <small>Hayata.  Ic. Pl. Formosan. 9. 143 (1920).</small> Distribution: Taiwan
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* ''Aspidistra dodecandra'' (<small>Gagnep.) Tillich.  Feddes Repert. 116(5-6): 323. (2005). </small>  Distribution: Indo-China
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* ''Aspidistra dolichanthera'' <small>X. X. Chen. Guihaia, 2(2): 77, fig. 1. (1982).</small> Distribution: China (SW Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra ebianensis'' <small>K. Y. Lang & Z. Y. Zhu.  Acta Phytotax. Sin., 37(5): 492, fig. 13. (1999).</small>  Distribution: China (Sichuan)
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* ''[[Aspidistra elatior]]'' <small>Blume. Tijdschr. 1. 76. t. 4. (1834).</small>  Distribution: Japan (Osumi Islands)
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* ''Aspidistra fasciaria'' <small>G. Z. Li.  Acta Phytotax. Sin., 37(5): 484, fig. 13. (1999).</small>  Distribution: China (?Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra fenghuangensis'' <small>K. Y. Lang.  Acta Phytotax. Sin., 37(5): 494, fig. 13. (1999).</small>  Distribution: China (W Hunan)
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* ''Aspidistra fimbriata'' <small>F. T. Wang & K. Y. Lang. Acta Phytotax. Sin., 16(1): 76, fig. 1. (1978).</small>  Distribution: China (Fujian, Guangdong, Hainan)
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* ''Aspidistra flaviflora'' <small>K. Y. Lang & Z. Y. Zhu.  Acta Phytotax. Sin., 20(4): 485, fig. 1. (1982).</small>  Distribution: China (SC Sichuan)
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* ''Aspidistra foliosa'' <small>Tillich.  Feddes Repert. 116(5-6): 319 (335-336; fig. 1h). (2005).</small>  Distribution: Vietnam (Thua Thien)
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* ''Aspidistra fungilliformis'' <small>Y. Wan.  Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin. 4(4): 165, fig. 1. (1984).</small>  Distribution: China  (W Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra geastrum'' <small>Tillich.  Feddes Repert. 116(5-6): 319 (-320, 335, 337; fig. 2e-f). (2005).</small>  Distribution: Vietnam (Thua Thien)
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* ''Aspidistra glandulosa'' <small>(Gagnep.) Tillich.  Feddes Repert. 116(5-6): 323. (2005).</small>  Distribution: Laos (La Khon)
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* ''Aspidistra grandiflora'' <small>Tillich. Blumea 52 (2): 341 (2007).</small> Vietnam (Hoa Binh)
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* ''Aspidistra guangxiensis'' <small>S. C. Tang & Y. Liu.  Novon 13(4): 480, fig. 1. (2003).</small>  Distribution: China (Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra hainanensis'' <small>W. Y. Chun & F. C. How.  Fl. Hainan., 4: 533 (1977).</small>  Distribution: China (S Guangdong, EC Guangxi, S Hainan)
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* ''Aspidistra hekouensis'' <small>H. Li, C. L. Long & Bogner.  Sendtnera 5: 15, fig. 1. (1998).</small>  Distribution: China (SE Yunnan)
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* ''Aspidistra huanjiangensis'' <small>G. Z. Li & Y. G. Wei.  Acta Phytotax. Sin. 41(4): 384, fig. 2. (2003).</small>  Distribution: China (Gunangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra insularis'' <small>Tillich.  Feddes Repert. 117(1-2): 145 (144; fig. 4). (2006).</small>  Distribution: Japan (Kuroshima Island)
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* ''Aspidistra larutensis'' <small>W. J. de Wilde & A. Vogel.  Folia Malaysiana 6(3-4): 126 (125-130; figs. 1-5). (2005).</small>  Distribution: Malaysia (Perak)
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* ''Aspidistra lateralis'' <small>Tillich.  Feddes Repert. 116(5-6): 320 (335, 338; fig. 3d). (2005).</small>  Distribution: Vietnam (Thua Thien)
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* ''Aspidistra leshanensis'' <small>K. Y. Lang & Z. Y. Zhu.  Acta Bot. Yunnanica, 6(4): 385, fig. 1. (1984).</small>  Distribution: China (SC Sichuan)
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* ''Aspidistra leyeensis'' <small>Y. Wan & C. C. Huang.  Guihaia, 7(3): 219, fig. 2. (1987).</small>  Distribution: China (NW Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra linearifolia'' <small>Y. Wan & C. C. Huang.  Guihaia, 7(3): 220, fig. 3. (1987).</small>  Distribution: China (W Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra lobata'' <small>Tillich.  Feddes Repert. 117(1-2): 141 (-142; fig. 2). (2006).</small>  Distribution: China (Sichuan)
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* ''Aspidistra locii'' <small>Arnautov & Bogner.  Willdenowia 34(1): 203 (-208; figs.). (2004).</small>  Distribution: Vietnam
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* ''Aspidistra longanensis'' <small>Y. Wan.  Acta Phytotax. Sin., 23(2): 151, fig. 1. (1985).</small>  Distribution: China (WC Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra longifolia'' <small>Hook.f.  Fl. Brit Ind. 6. 326. (1892).</small>  Distribution: India
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* ''Aspidistra longiloba'' <small>G. Z. Li.  Acta Phytotax. Sin., 26(2): 156, fig. 1. (1988).</small>  Distribution: China (Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra longipedunculata'' <small>D. Fang.  Guihaia, 2(2): 78, fig. 2. (1982).</small>  Distribution: China (SW Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra longipetala'' <small>S. Z. Huang.  Guihaia, 6(4): 273, fig. 1. (1986).</small>  Distribution: China (C Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra luodianensis'' <small>D. D. Tao.  Acta Phytotax. Geobot., 43(2): 121, fig. 1 (1992).</small>  Distribution: China (NW Guangxi, S Guizhou)
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* ''Aspidistra lurida'' <small>Ker Gawl.  Bot. Reg. 8. t. 628.  (1822).</small>  Distribution: China (Guangdong, NC Guangxi, SC Guizhou)
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* ''Aspidistra lutea'' <small>Tillich. Feddes Repert. 116(5-6): 320 (-321, 335-336, 338; figs. 1k, 3c). (2005).</small>  Distribution: Vietnam (Son La)
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* ''Aspidistra marasmioides'' <small>Tillich.  Feddes Repert. 116(5-6): 321 (335, 337; fig. 2h). (2005).</small>  Distribution: Vietnam (Hai Phong)
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* ''Aspidistra marginella'' <small>D. Fang & L. Zeng.  Acta Phytotax. Sin., 31(2): 182, fig. 1. (1993).</small>  Distribution: China (SW Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra minutiflora'' <small>Stapf.  Journ. Linn. Soc. 36. 113. (1903).</small>  Distribution: China (N Guangdong, Guangxi, ?Guizhou, Hainan, Hong Kong, SW Hunan)
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* ''Aspidistra molendinacea'' <small>G. Z. Li & S. C. Tang.  Guihaia 22(4): 290, fig. 3. (2002).</small>  Distribution: China (Guangzi)
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* ''Aspidistra muricata'' <small>F. C. How ex K. Y. Lang.  Acta Phytotax. Sin., 19(3): 383, fig. 1. (1981).</small>  Distribution: China (NC & W Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra mushaensis'' <small>Hayata.  Ic. Pl. Formosan. 9. 144 (1920).</small>  Distribution: Taiwan
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* ''Aspidistra nanchuanensis'' <small>Tillich.  Feddes Repert. 117(1-2): 139 (-141; fig. 1). (2006).</small> Distribution: China (Sichuan)
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* ''[[Aspidistra nikolaii]]'' <small>L. V. Averyanov & H.-J. Tillich, Feddes Repertorium 119 (1 - 2): 37 (2008).</small> Distribution: Vietnam (Annamite Mts.)
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* ''Aspidistra oblanceifolia'' <small>F. T. Wang & K. Y. Lang.  Acta Phytotax. Sin., 20(4): 487, fig. 2 (1982).</small>  Distribution: China (S Guizhou, W Hubei, Sichuan)
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* ''Aspidistra obliquipeltata'' <small>D. Fang & L. Y. Yu.  Acta Phytotax. Sin. 40(2): 162, fig. 1. (2002).</small>  Distribution: China (Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra oblongifolia'' <small>F. T. Wang & K. Y. Lang.  Acta Phytotax. Sin., 37(5): 476, fig. 13. (1999).</small>  Distribution: China (N Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra omeiensis'' <small>Z. Y. Zhu & J. L. Zhang.  Acta Phytotax. Sin., 19(3): 386, fig. 1. (1981).</small>  Distribution: China (Sichuan)
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* ''Aspidistra opaca'' <small>Tillich.  Feddes Repert. 116(5-6): 321 (335, 337-338; figs. 2g, 3a). (2005).</small>  Distribution: Vietnam (Khanh Hoa)
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* ''Aspidistra papillata'' <small>G. Z. Li.  Acta Phytotax. Sin. 41(4): 382, fig. 1. (2003).</small>  Distribution: China (Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra patentiloba'' <small>Y. Wan & X. H. Lu.  Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin. 9(2): 99, fig. 2. (1989).</small>  Distribution: China (C Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra petiolata'' <small>Tillich.  Feddes Repert. 116(5-6): 321 (-322, 335, 338; fig. 3b, e). (2005).</small>  Distribution: Vietnam (Thua Thien)
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* ''Aspidistra pileata'' <small>D. Fang & L. Y. Yu.  Acta Phytotax. Sin. 40(2): 159, fig. 1. (2002).</small>  Distribution: China (Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra punctata'' <small>Lindl.  Bot. Reg. 12. t. 977. (1826).</small>  Distribution: China (Guandong, Hong Kong)
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* ''Aspidistra quadripartita'' <small>G. Z. Li & S. C. Tang.  Guihaia 22(4): 289, fig. 2. (2002).</small>  Distribution: China (Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra recondita'' <small>Tillich. Blumea 52 (2): 341 (2007).</small> (Vietnam but location not known)
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* ''Aspidistra renatae'' <small>Bräuchler. Blumea 50(3): 527 (-529; photos). (2005).</small>  Distribution: Vietnam (central)
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* ''Aspidistra retusa'' <small>K. Y. Lang & S. Z. Huang.  Acta Phytotax. Sin., 19(3): 379, fig. 1. (1981).</small>  Distribution: China (NE Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra saxicola'' <small>Y.Wan.  Guihaia, 4(2): 129, fig. 1. (1984).</small>  Distribution: China (WC Guangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra sichuanensis'' <small>K. Y. Lang & Z. Y. Zhu.  Acta Bot. Yunnanica, 6(4): 387, fig. 1. (1984).</small>  Distribution: China (Guangxi, Guizhou, W Hunan, Sichuan, Yunnan)
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* ''Aspidistra spinula'' <small>S. Z. He.  Acta Phytotax. Sin. 40(4): 377, fig. 1. (2002).</small>  Distribution: China (Guizhou)
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* ''Aspidistra stricta'' <small>Tillich.  Feddes Repert. 116(5-6): 322 (335, 338; fig. 3f-g). (2005).</small>  Distribution: Vietnam (Lam Dong)
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* ''Aspidistra subrotata'' <small>Y. Wan & C. C. Huang.  Guihaia, 7(3): 223, fig. 5. (1987).</small>  Distribution: China (S & W Guangxi), Vietnam (Thai Nguyen)
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* ''Aspidistra superba'' <small>Tillich.  Feddes Repert. 116(5-6): 323 (335, 338; fig. 3i,k). (2005).</small>  Distribution: Vietnam (Ninh Binh)
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* ''Aspidistra sutepensis'' <small>K. Larsen.  Dansk Bot. Ark. 20(1). 41, fig. 1. (1961).</small>  Distribution: Vietnam (Paypa)
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* ''Aspidistra tonkinensis'' <small>(Gagnep.) F. T. Wang & K. Y. Lang. Acta Phytotax. Sin., 16(1): 77 (1978) &  Fl. Reipubl. Popul. Sin., 15: 19 (1978).</small>  Distribution: China (NW Guangxi, S Guizhou, SE Yunnan), Vietnam
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* ''Aspidistra triloba'' <small>F. T. Wang & K. Y. Lang.  Acta Phytotax. Sin., 19(3): 380, fig. 1. (1981).</small>  Distribution: China (SC Hunan, W Jiangxi)
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* ''Aspidistra tubiflora'' <small>Tillich.  Feddes Repert. 117(1-2): 141 (143, 145; fig. 3). (2006).</small>  Distribution: China (Sichuan)
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* ''Aspidistra typica'' <small>Baill.  Bull. Soc. Linn. Paris, 2. 1129. (1894).</small>  Distribution: China (SW Guangxi, SE Yunnan), Vietnam
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* ''Aspidistra umbrosa'' <small>Tillich. Blumea 52 (2): 342 341 (2007).</small> (Vietnam but location not known)
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* ''Aspidistra urceolata'' <small>F. T. Wang & K. Y. Lang.  Acta Phytotax. Sin., 19(3): 381, fig. 1. (1981).</small>  Distribution: China (Guizhou)
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* ''Aspidistra xilinensis'' <small>Y. Wan & X. H. Lu.  Acta Phytotax. Sin., 25(5): 397, fig. 1. (1987).</small>  Distribution: China (NW Guangxi)
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* ''[[Aspidistra yingjiangensis]]'' <small>L. J. Peng.  Acta Bot. Yunnanica, 11(2): 173, fig. 1. (1989).</small>  Distribution: China (W Yunnan)
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* ''Aspidistra zongbayi'' <small>K. Y. Lang & Z. Y. Zhu.  Acta Phytotax. Sin., 20(4): 486, fig. 1. (1982).</small>  Distribution: China (Sichuan)
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* ''A. longifolia'' from India and ''A. attenuata'', ''A. daibuensis'' and ''A. mushaensis'' from Taiwan are poorly described in the literature.
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* ''A. kouytchensis'' = ''A. lurida''.
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* ''A. bimoda'' = ''A. fungilliformis''.
    
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==References==
 
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*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963
 
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